March, 1879,
66
THE WEST SHORE.
HAVE 1 auk.
ha haauliful nd IVMti Holh,
llaanlna MMN laMajaaTMi St BoM aonniad,
At lha (it wordlni "I "rim ktSW HmWU
Or iftUM that wo ha dmaumd.
Ilri mm adallilitful harmony.
I. ika dm tin mlh " iniini bird"
In irmc' irwn a,nrvaa; what t' 'i whan ikaapoal
Tim haart thrilled with Imr wurd.
In taultloaa fnra In rtaaafulnaaa of form
In nnnil, wtthrullurn lirifbl, llmra mk rlinrin
A inula dm wrap! anul worahlii and linll"va
'Mm wiirhl in no harm.
n 1- mi, hi fan 0 nun, I. rich in Ihmif hi!
11 tolM m nrM! 11 hai.naaa,au brlnd
Alai! that auah karikslaaj bad M i'"
To mi from pain and arlnf.
Why vara ra burn, anil wlnwafola dn wn HveT
lliaal atrlraa mill aril, flauura ) mid' In aln,
And lua it hurt by hala; umat avary llm
Hulfar lb" ruraa I Cain?
Wa ara but aarth, lh..uh lmafd aflar tlnd,
Tha '1, nl aharaa atinmllinaa Ita immortal f im.
And Ibuuf h I ha waakar in lha food liihl fail,
How many bara itiud firm!
In Invlnt-blndnaM. Ijio, halh dod ufdainnd,
I hal aafarlnt 'hall minly Iba I ,
Thai iflar ft'-al anlirtlnn, aomfort notnaa,
And failh that liulmib wbola.
Urali a fail id Ilia hi"'- ballar parti
Wa thall ba ai ad thrnuf h I 1 a from ill uur rltl',
Hal a aat Idnli n and .n.bl. llmlll,
And tlmn lha avil wlna.
Tha Alalia aar Ufa hfti two irarlou rain;
thai thuaa win. Dad llmm 'lull ba imi-ly bloat
Una many Mtkl alai! hn tow liaya Owiid
W hara t lia lif tf ht Jawala raat.
i'a Ilka tha Paul; ahnhf airly anak. mini .una
lnlu tha dlh id llfa'i ..a. I. ,t )i.
And nit Ita woundad oa llna'a (Inly rnrka,
Tn gat tha iltralit Truth.
Hi- i flmi. diamond Ilka, aiih Ita nan lujhl
luiahlana tha daaart, and niakaa faith aorura
In inttliwj honor mora than worldly waalth
Thar lrfia u it ... and iura.
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M In. mada Ilia Inauttlul' atari now Imaallh,
a winning tnnaa, that i In ill my luniim Imait.
" Patlanoal hara bnfa, haa faith!
Ha. a i.nk U Utaand Truth; l hay ara of tM,
" And maka Ilia Malar la lha llfr y.wlin
" for Ilka ; ba aoaihlaa a. an Is iwaimnn Ikinfi
"A maaallnaaa Ika, atra
taka a. ii rruaa! Kah haa a aroa. to hoar:
ii "I ' ,aaraiaklaatowa;
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" Vi.ui nua. oataatlal crown
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"laUaaMlilr. alihnat larada.
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lull Ika r.rf hl,t. ana atJ(, , fkth
Wllk tM latat l bnuuh
" IVaMkkaU arkaata that ia mw life
' That aatj ran Iraa IVaal all Ika Ilia at tku,
Thai kaaaV traai aa)Htaal b. ataraal lijhi.
Ta Han, aad lata, and Mia. ,
1 To aa atarali) at all tkall aoad-
I'aaaailm fiaaraaoa of aafadlat low art
" I Modia, IntaatM M aaaalkah 4ml a-
" Tatath Mat laaaaorul iwaara-
0 tubal aakrtl al ivaat waauaaaad'
koa lalaaat. Itaaan with war lataat Waatk.
.wn lara haa aaarUtaal yaar faith ahall a
It. Illuatr h mat dnath
TIIK PORTLAND WRB DEPARTMENT;
,Ta OHOANIZATION ANT) HISTOIIY.
The Portland Fire Department is
within a few years as old as the City
itself. The first effort towards organ
ising fur protection against fire, was in
the sprinj,' of 1S51, hut no definite plan
of action was aireeil upon until the
6th of May, in that year, when a public
meeting Waa convened, and a fire coin-
my organized under the appellation of
PIONEER BNOIN1 COMPANY No. I.
rhe names of members were enrolled
tl once and an election ol olhccrs en
sued, with the following result: Fore
man, Thos. J. Dryer, at present residing
the city; Assistant Foreman, D. (.'.
Colematt, at present residing in Yam
hill county, Secretary, J. B Mccr;
freasurer, Wm. Seton Ogden. Both
e Utter gentlemen have since died.
Among the original members of this,
the pioneer of the Portland Fire De
partment, we recognise the following
valued citlseni who still reside in the
:ity: Dr. R. B. Wilson, Captain Geo.
II. Flnnders, A. It. Ilallock, Shubrick
Norris, and John M. Hreck.
No further steps were taken in the
matter of securing protection against
lire until 1S53, when the City Council
passed an ordinance authorizing the
iiiiinauim 01 nook ami ladder com
panies within the city limits. This
ai 111 nf the service was found to be
more elltcient than ent'ine comnauies
witlntut apparatus. Hooks, ladders,
buckets, and all the paraphernelia of
such a company could easily be pro-
1 i 11 .1 1 ....
mien in ronimra, .wntisi engines
would have lii be imported from tin
Baat h sailing vessels around Cape
norn, .mil by the tune they might ar
rive the company thus formed lo man
(hem would full to pieces througl
Inertia.
t n the 18th of July, 1N53, n meeting
was convened at the DenbUoo house,
snd the pi unary tcps taken for the
gmiSSWCei of tire department. The
noie city w as formed into one district
111 ordt i 1.1 secure a large roll of mem
ban for the contemplated hook and
ladder company, whilst two engine
.ompanic were to he organized, one
mcn wart to bo located on the
north line of Washington street, ami
"ic outer tn the southern portion of
the iity.
After making these prebminaiy ar
rangements, the meeting adjourned
until the following evening, when it
was again convened for the adoption
of a name for the hook and ladder
company and the election of officers.
The result of the meeting was the or
ganlzatlen of
VIGILANCE HOOK AND LADDER COM
PANY NO. I,
With the following officers: Fore
man, I. H. Smith; Assistant Fore
man, H. W. Davis; Secretary. Chns
- j i -
,. Poorc; Treasurer, S. J. McCor-
mick. An. adjournment was then made
until the evening of August i, 1853, at
which time the constitution and by-laws
of the company were adopted, and the
company was recognized by the city
authorities, by an ordinance passed
August 4, 1054, 8ince which time they
have continuously rendered valuable
service in the salvation of property in
this city. The officers at present are:
President, Geo. H. Clarke; Secretary,
R. M. McMaster; Treasurer, I. Kauf
man; Foreman, H. J. Schemer; First
Assistant, W. Lundberg; Second As
sistant, J. Hornung; Delegates, I.
Kaufman, T. Wygant, E. H. Stolte.
This company occupy a good brick
building and is well equipped for ser
vice at fires.
WILLAMETTE ENGINE COMPANY
NO. I
Was organized August 3d, 1S53, at
which time the following officers were
elected: Foreman. N. Ham: Assist-
ant Foreman, David Monnastcs; Sec
ond Assistant, A. Strong; Secretary,
A. M. IJerry; Treasurer, Chas. E. Wil
liams. This company was admitted
into the Department July 7th, 1854.
The first machine used by this com
pany was a small tub, owned by Geo.
W. Vaughn, but, finally, in June, 1855,
the City Council passed an ordinance
providing for the purchase of an en
gine for this company. The selection
fell upon one of Smith's New York
machines, which arrived at this port in
1 S56, ami was used by the Willamettcs
up to within a few years, when it was
replaced by their present steam appa
ratus. The officers now arc: Presi
dent, Joseph Simon; Secretary, A. II.
Tanner; Treasurer, W. II. Andrus;
Foreman, A. R. Church ; First Assist
ant, T. Richct; Second Assistant, J.
D. King; Delegates, Joseph Simon, A.
W. Withcrell, John O'Connor. The
beautiful brick building they now oc-